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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Melancholy Objects.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Arbus presented her subjects as ______________ who were a part of the universal, the opposite of Whitman's ideas.
(a) Families.
(b) Individuals.
(c) Freaks.
(d) Groups.

2. Diane Arbus is discussed as having been one to photograph the ____________ of society.
(a) Freaks.
(b) Ignored.
(c) Dark corners.
(d) Rich.

3. Photographs now impose standards of art, culture, and ________ in the world, according to this chapter.
(a) Identity.
(b) Honor.
(c) Innovation.
(d) Patriotism.

4. Photography idealizes subjects and makes ________ of people who are in the photographs.
(a) Objects.
(b) Statues.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Scarecrows.

5. Sontag defines photography as an aid to ______________ in the opening chapter.
(a) The underworld.
(b) Masturbation.
(c) Criminal activity.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movement is capricious and inadvertent, according to Sontag?

2. Photography often makes the photographer incapable of _____________ - one can either document or do something else.

3. Camera use is especially pronounced in tourists who come from cultures that stress activity and ______________.

4. Whitman sought in his work to find _____________ between the differences which exist.

5. Photography has made the world unable to perceive the _________ beyond the photograph, according to Sontag.

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